Following disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health deploys a field team to collect research on the health, social and economic impacts on people who live within disaster zones. Under an agreement with AT&T, the NCDP uses the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 on AT&T's network to conduct surveys in the field and instantly share feedback with their team in New York.

Jonathan Sury MPH CPH, Senior Research Coordinator at National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University deployed Cellica Database to use by field team, integrating Android with desktop systems.

Jonathan and his team finds that "Cellica Database is incredible tool for pulling together all of the disparate data that is expected to use on field to drive productivity to maximum."

AT&T highlights Columbia University research with tablets, And Columbia University's "National Center for Disaster Preparedness" department given recognition to Cellica on their website.